Samuel Johnson praised Paradise Lost as "a poem which.with respect to design may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind," though he (a Tory and recipient of royal patronage) described Milton's politics as those of an "acrimonious and surly republican".īecause of his republicanism, Milton has been the subject of centuries of British partisanship. Paradise Lost is based on the biblical story of the temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden by. The poem is the basis on which Milton is usually considered one of the greatest English poets. A second version, consisting of twelve books, followed in 1674. William Hayley's 1796 biography called him the "greatest English author," and he remains generally regarded "as one of the preeminent writers in the English language," though critical reception has oscillated in the centuries since his death (often on account of his republicanism). Paradise Lost is a blank verse, epic poem by John Milton, first published in 1667.
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Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644)-written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship-is among history's most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and freedom of the press. The poem concerns the Christian story of the fall of Satan and his. For the next ten years, he was the chief propagandist for Oliver Cromwells regime as lord protector and the lightning rod for European reaction to the execution of the king. Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Paradise Lost (1667, 1674) is an epic poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse. John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell.
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